National

By D. Kevin McNeir (NNPA Newswire Contributor)
The idea of erecting a museum that would highlight the contributions of African Americans first received public attention more than a century ago after Black ve...

By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Managing Editor)
The recent extrajudicial killings of three Black males, including a 13 year-old boy, have sparked protests across the U.S. and National Newspaper Publishers A...

By Ashantai Hathaway
Some have compared Colin Kaepernick’s national anthemprotest to the actions of boxing legend Muhammad Ali during his storied career.
Ali’s daughter, Laila Ali, told theGrio.com she fu...

By William J. Ford (The Washington Informer, NNPA Member)
On Thursday, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held a news conference outside of the United States Justice Department in Washington D.C., calling ...

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson did not take well at all to being hit in the face with a pie by a protester.
The incident happened Wednesday night when Johnson was speaking at a Seeds of HOPE dinner at Sacram...